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Commission recommends approval for Manchester Country Club stream-bank stabilization
Summary
The Bedford Conservation Commission recommended that the town support a conditional-use permit to allow limited stream-buffer disturbance for bank stabilization at Chandler Brook, accepting a least-invasive plan of coir rolls and native plantings after hearing applicant testimony and commission questions about longevity and downstream impacts.
Bill Tebow, general manager of the Manchester Country Club, asked the Bedford Conservation Commission on Nov. 25 to recommend approval of a conditional-use permit under Article 15, Section 275-105 to allow stream-buffer disturbance for bank stabilization on Chandler Brook at 180 South River Road.
Tebow described repeated erosion over the last five years and said the club has "probably lost 8 to 10 feet in the last 3 years," showing photos of exposed irrigation and underscored safety and course integrity concerns. He said the club…
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